Formula One pit stops: 1950s v modern day – they’re a bit different…

These days in Formula One, a couple of extra seconds in the pit can be the difference between a podium position and the relative obscurity of fourth – so spare a thought for what the poor drivers (and spectators) had to put up with back in the 1950s.

A great video has emerged of the contrasting scenes from the Indianapolis 500 back in 1950 compared to the turn-around time of the Ferrari pit team in Melbourne 2013.